Guarding the border: I am sanctified in the flesh

Chapter 110 Dramatic changes in the capital, counterattack against Wei!
"I didn't expect you to see it too."

Li Tianrun suddenly laughed, "With such a trick, you want to drive a wedge between my monarch and his ministers? How stupid!"

"Yes!"

Su Yushan bowed and said, "Your Majesty is wise."

"Humph!"

Li Tianrun snorted coldly, and said disdainfully: "I think Wei Jing'an is out of skills. He underestimated me too much for coming up with such a bad idea. Do you really think I'm the kind of person who likes to be suspicious?"

"His Majesty."

Su Yushan tentatively asked: "Then what do you mean by calling Lu Fan into the palace?"

"I will tell Lu Fan the truth."

Li Tianrun said: "After all, he is working hard for me. If I suspect him behind his back, wouldn't it make him chill? It's better to talk about it, so that we won't hold grudges."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Su Yushan sincerely admired it.

"Also, I just took this opportunity to let you meet Lu Fan."

Li Tianrun said: "Both of you are my right-hand men. There are many things that need your cooperation in the future. This time is an opportunity. I will entrust you with important tasks later."

"Yes."

Su Yushan should be loud.

At this time, Xiao Guizi quickly walked into the hall, "Your Majesty, Commander Lu has arrived."

"Please come in."

Li Tianrun waved his hand.

"Yes."

Xiao Guizi turned and left.

A moment later, Lu Fan strode into the Hall of Mental Cultivation.

"See Your Majesty."

"Come and sit."

Li Tianrun waved to him.

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Lu Fan came to Li Tianrun and sat down on a chair.

"Master Su, show this letter to Lu Fan."

Li Tianrun handed the letter in his hand to Su Yushan.

"Yes."

Su Yushan took the letter and passed it on to Lu Fan.

Ok?
Lu Fan was a little more puzzled, but he didn't ask. He took the letter, opened it, and suddenly changed his expression.

After reading the letter in one breath, Lu Fan instantly understood.

Countermeasures!
This must be a despicable method used by Wei Guo.

The purpose is to drive a wedge between him and Li Tianrun.

When Li Tianrun showed him the letter, his intention was obvious, not only to show his trust in him, but also to show him his heart and tolerance.

But at the same time, it may not be a temptation.

After all, anyone who reads such a letter will inevitably think too much.

Even if Li Tianrun is wise and courageous, it is impossible for him to be completely suspicious.

This letter did the trick.

Although the methods Wei Guo used were clumsy, they were very effective.

It hits the heart and leaves a seed.

Thinking of this, Lu Fan returned the letter to Su Yushan, looked back at Li Tianrun, "Your Majesty, I've finished reading it."

"You should have also guessed the other party's intention, which is to drive a wedge between my monarch and his subjects."

Li Tianrun sneered and said, "How can I let them succeed?"

"Just don't worry, I have absolute trust in you."

"I have an important task for you in a while."

While talking, Li Tianrun turned his gaze to Su Yushan, and introduced: "This is Su Yushan, Mr. Su, and I am the commander of the Great Zhou Army and Horse Division. He is mainly responsible for the security of the capital. You two should get to know each other first."

"It turned out to be Lord Su."

Lu Fan stood up and cupped his fists at Suyu Mountain.

"I have long admired Commander Lu's name, and seeing him today, he really deserves his reputation."

Su Yushan cupped his fists in return, "You and I are both His Majesty's right-hand men, and we will have to cooperate with each other in the future."

The two exchanged a few words and sat down.

"Wei Guo has been acting frequently recently, repeatedly provoking troubles on the border."

Li Tianrun said: "Our Dazhou is recuperating, and we really don't want to fall into the quagmire of war again, so we made a little patience."

"But the more we tolerate, the more rampant Wei Guo will be!"

"Increased!"

"Constantly invade my Dazhou territory, plunder property, and kill my people."

"So, we must resolutely fight back and show Wei Guo some color!"

"I have already clearly ordered the Zhenbei army, as long as the Wei army dares to provoke again, they will fight back mercilessly, and beat them hard, until the opponent is afraid!"

After a short pause, Li Tianrun continued: "At the same time, we have to take action in the capital."

"Wei State has a large number of intelligence points in our capital city of Great Zhou. Through the last incident of Wei Lingran's escape, we found some clues, followed the clues, and initially grasped several of the intelligence points, and sent people to monitor them."

"Now, I decided to close the net and capture all the spies from these intelligence points."

"Then find a way to pry their mouths open, get new clues, and then wipe out all the intelligence points in Wei."

"Even take the opportunity to catch the big fish hidden behind."

Speaking of this, Li Tianrun glanced at the two of them, "This requires the two of you to work together to complete this difficult task."

"Yes, please rest assured, Your Majesty."

Lu Fan and Su Yushan agreed in unison.

"I will summon Ye Wuchen and Yan Qing later, and let them participate in this matter."

Li Tianrun instructed: "Remember, only the four of you know about all major actions, and you must never tell others, not even the deputy commander."

"Yes."

The two nodded at the same time.

"As for the specific plan, it will be discussed by the four of you, and I will not participate."

Li Tianrun said: "For the four of you, I have absolute trust. I believe that you will definitely be able to complete this task, clean up the capital thoroughly, and teach Wei an unforgettable lesson."

"Yes!"

"Okay, let's go."

Li Tianrun waved his hand, "You two can discuss it alone first."

"Yes."

Lu Fan and Su Yushan resigned and left.

The two walked out of the Hall of Mental Cultivation and stopped outside the hall.

"Well, after I meet Ye Wuchen and Yan Qing, I will bring them to you."

Su Yushan said: "At that time, the four of us will meet together to discuss a specific battle plan."

"Row."

Lu Fan cupped his fists, "Then I'll go first."

"See you."

Su Yushan cupped his fists in return.

Lu Fan didn't stay any longer, turned around and left.

He quickly came to Zangshu Pavilion, and after returning the two volumes of body training, he received a new ninth-level body training, "Hundred Meridians".

Look at the name is related to the meridians.

Lu Fan casually opened it and looked at it, and it really strengthened the meridians.

If you can practice this exercise to the extreme, you can even expand your meridians and speed up the flow of spiritual energy.

You can exert your own strength more.

That is to say, originally you have [-]% strength, but due to the limitation of meridians, you can only use [-]% strength.

But after practicing the Hundred Meridians to the extreme, you can use [-] or even [-] percent of your strength.

In this way, although the improvement of one's own cultivation base and spiritual power is not great, the real combat power is much stronger.

Of course, due to the faster consumption of spiritual power, the stamina will definitely be worse.

There are pros and cons.

But Lu Fan is different, he is not afraid of consumption.

For him, it is a great bonus.

……

……

After lunch, Lu Fan practiced the Hundred Meridians in his room.

As he runs the exercises, the meridians in his whole body are continuously strengthened.

After practicing for about an hour, Zhiqing's voice sounded outside the room, "My lord, there are two guests asking to see you."

"Okay, I'll be right here."

Lu Fan guessed who the guest was.

He got up and got out of bed, walked out of the room, and went to the living room to have a look. Sure enough, as he guessed, it was Su Yushan and Yan Qing.

Ye Wuchen was also there.

The three of them were sitting there drinking tea and chatting.

Seeing Lu Fan, Su Yushan and Yan Qing got up together to say hello.

"Commander Lu!"

"All sit down."

Lu Fan smiled back.

"it is good."

The four of them sat down, Lu Fan waved back the servants, and told Zhiqing, "Go and guard the door, don't let anyone in."

"Yes."

Zhiqing left the living room and walked far away.

"By the way, I haven't seen you for a long time, and I forgot to say congratulations to you."

Yan Qing praised: "The last task, you really did a good job, it's very satisfying!"

"It's just luck."

Lu Fan said a few words politely, "Okay, let's talk about business first."

"Ah."

Several people turned their gazes to Suyu Mountain.

"Come here, all of you."

Su Yushan took out a map and spread it on the table.

"These four places are Wei's intelligence points, and they are also the targets of our actions."

He pointed at the map with his finger, on which detailed markings were made, including the opponent's number, strength, various exits, possible escape routes of the enemy, and so on.

"The spies sent by Wei Guo are average in strength and not many in number. It is easy to wipe them out."

"But what we want is to live, and it is best to capture them all."

"Someone of them will always speak up, and then we will follow the clues to find more spies."

Speaking of this, Su Yushan glanced at the three of them, "Tell me, what do you think about this operation?"

"Since there are four intelligence points, there are exactly four of us."

Yan Qing suggested: "It's better for the four of us to lead the way separately and proceed at the same time, so that we won't startle the snake, and avoid fish slipping through the net."

"Yes."

Su Yushan nodded in agreement, "That's exactly what it should be."

"I don't think there should be too many people involved. Except for the four of us, we only need to find a few trusted people."

Ye Wuchen said: "In this way, we can keep it as confidential as possible, so that no news will be leaked."

"Okay, let's use people we trust."

Su Yushan took a special look at Lu Fan, "Is there any more?"

"You divide the tasks first."

Lu Fan said: "We will arrange manpower and formulate a battle plan according to the situation of each intelligence point."

"Row."

Su Yushan nodded, "Then it's you first."

"This is a tavern, and there are eight people in total."

"In addition to the boss and the proprietress, there is also a shopkeeper, three assistants, and two chefs."

"The eight of them are all spies of Wei State."

"The most powerful one is the tavern owner, who is only at the fifth rank, while the proprietress and shopkeeper are at the sixth rank."

"As for those guys and chefs, most of them are eighth-rank or ninth-rank cultivation bases."

"It's not a threat to us."

Speaking of this, Su Yushan asked, "How many people do you need?"

"It's enough for me to find two people."

Lu Fan looked at the marks on the map. The tavern only had two doors, the front and the back. He only needed to send someone to look after the two doors and windows.

One person guards one side.

As for who to use, he had already thought about it in advance.

"Row."

Su Yushan said: "After the task is completed, you send out a signal, and I will send someone to respond."

"it is good."

Lu Fan understood that he was only responsible for the arrest, and the task of escorting was arranged otherwise.

As long as he can capture all eight spies in the tavern alive, he will complete the mission.

He doesn't have to worry about it later.

"Leave this inn to Yan Qing."

"There is also a grocery store, which will be handled by Ye Wuchen."

Su Yushan assigned all four intelligence points, and several people sat together again, discussed the details, and set a time for the task, which will be carried out at the same time tomorrow morning.

For them, this task has no difficulty.

As long as the news is not leaked in advance, no one can escape.

In their hands, it would be difficult for those Wei Guo spies to die even if they wanted to.

So, secrecy is key.

"Okay, that's it."

Su Yushan got up and said: "This is the first time the four of us have cooperated in action, I hope there will be no mistakes."

"Ah."

Several people also stood up.

"Farewell!"

Su Yushan and Yan Qing left together.

That night.

The Lu Mansion was much busier than usual.

Especially in the living room, there were bursts of talking and laughing from time to time.

Besides Lu Fan and Ye Wuchen, Qin Yu, Cao Ning, Meng Ran, and Song Yu also came.

Everyone was talking and laughing together, and the atmosphere was extremely harmonious.

There has long been no grudge between them, they are both friends and comrades-in-arms.

The relationship is much stronger than the average person.

They are also people that Lu Fan can trust.

It is perfect to bring them on this mission.

Everyone drank tea, chatted and laughed for a while, and Lu Fan brought up the business: "I'm looking for you today, because I actually have a task for you."

"Yes, Lord Commander."

Song Yu replied loudly on purpose.

"Haha."

Everyone was amused.

Cao Ning asked curiously: "I don't know what the mission is?"

"Because this mission is absolutely confidential, I cannot tell you the specific content of the mission in advance."

Lu Fan said: "After arriving at the mission location, I will naturally tell you."

"Oh?"

"Top secret mission?"

Qin Yu and the others were a little surprised.

"I need to ask your opinion first."

Lu Fan glanced at the four of them and asked, "I don't know if you want to participate?"

"Of course I do!"

Cao Ning was the first to express his opinion, "This is a great opportunity to make military achievements."

"Yeah, it's rare to have such an opportunity, and I don't want to miss it."

"no problem."

"join."

The remaining three all nodded in agreement.

"Well."

Lu Fan turned his gaze to Ye Wuchen, "Qin Yu and Song Yu follow me, how about you bring Cao Ning and Meng Ran?"

"It's all right."

Ye Wuchen naturally had no objection.

"Now that we've agreed, let's eat first."

Lu Fan suggested: "It's been a long time since we got together, we should have a good drink today."

"it is good."

The crowd readily agreed.

When I came to the dining room, the table was full of wine and food.

The six people sat down together, sat around the dining table, and raised their glasses one after another.

"Lu Fan, Ye Wuchen, I offer a toast to you two, thank you for giving me this opportunity to participate in important tasks with you."

"If you are grateful, I will not say it. I just took this opportunity to congratulate Lu Fan, who has been promoted to deputy commander!"

"Come on, cheers!"

"cheers!"

……

……

The next morning, Chen Shi.

Lu Fan, Qin Yu, Song Yu, the three came to Fengming Street.

The tavern is located in the middle of the street. It is a bungalow, about five rooms in size, with a backyard and a back door.

After the three changed their faces, they changed into civilian clothes, dressed like ordinary people, and entered the tavern.

At this time, there were not many guests in the tavern, and there were two waiters entertaining the guests.

There is also a shopkeeper who is standing inside the counter, scratching the abacus.

"Let's come here first to recognize people."

The three found a table and sat down, Lu Fan whispered, "There are eight people in total, and this is only three."

"Ah."

Qin Yu and Song Yu already knew that today's task was to arrest the owner and the staff of the tavern, so that they could live.

But the specific identity of the person to be arrested, they do not know.

"Before the action starts, Qin Yu, go to the backyard and watch."

Lu Fan said: "You secretly hide on the roof, don't disturb anyone, and don't do anything casually, just keep an eye on it so that no one can escape."

"clear."

Qin Yu nodded.

"Song Yu just follow me."

Lu Fan continued: "I will quickly arrest these people later, and temporarily seal their meridians so that they cannot move. You are responsible for watching them, and you must also pay attention to the outside, and don't let people kill them. If someone comes to make trouble, you will show the badge of the imperial guard."

"it is good."

Song Yu agreed.

"Xiaoer, bring a jug of wine."

Lu Fan waved to the buddy not far away.

"coming."

The guy was not very old, he looked less than 20 years old, trotted over, and smiled at Lu Fan: "Guest officer, what do you want?"

"A few more signature dishes from the store, the price doesn't matter, as long as it tastes good."

Lu Fan urged: "Okay, let's go."

"Just wait a moment, it will be ready soon."

The man trotted off.

Lu Fan took a special look at him, only to see that he told the shopkeeper, then turned and went to the back kitchen.

There should be two chefs in the back kitchen, plus a handyman.

That is to say, except for the boss and the proprietress who are in the backyard, everyone else is busy in the store.

Not much work.

When the food and wine were served, the three of them poured wine and ate and drank.

Soon enough to eat and drink, Lu Fan calculated the time, and it was almost time for the agreed action time.

He gave Qin Yu a look, and said in a low voice, "You go first."

"Ah."

Qin Yu understood, got up and left first.

Lu Fan and Song Yu walked towards the counter. There was another table of customers in the store, a total of five people, all middle-aged men in their 40s.

These five people were talking loudly, and a guy stood beside him, listening with gusto.

The other guy, seeing Lu Fan and Song Yu, hurried over to greet him, and said with a smile, "Have you two guests eaten?"

"Ah."

Lu Fan nodded, "Take me to pay the bill."

"it is good."

The clerk guided Lu Fan to the counter, "Treasurer, customers pay."

The shopkeeper raised his head, and before he could speak, Lu Fan slapped two consecutive palms.

There were two slaps, and the shopkeeper and the waiter fell down before they could react in time.

The next moment, Lu Fan appeared in front of another table of guests, and restrained the other guy. Before the five of them could react, he took out his badge and whispered, "The imperial guards are handling the case, don't make a fuss, leave quickly."

The five people were all stunned, staring at Lu Fan dumbfounded, it took a long time to react, and they nodded repeatedly, "Okay, okay."

"Walk."

One of them reacted the fastest and led everyone away.

Song Yu went to close the door of the store and put the latch inside.

Then he hid the three people lying on the ground into the counter and stood aside.

At this time, Lu Fan had already walked to the back kitchen.

Sure enough, as he guessed, there were three people in the back kitchen.

Approaching quietly, Lu Fan shot continuously, restraining the three of them when they didn't respond, not only making them unable to move, but even unable to make a sound.

Lu Fan carried the three of them back to the lobby and handed them over to Song Yu. Without stopping for a moment, Lu Fan quickly found a passage and came to the backyard.

Seeing Qin Yu on the roof, Lu Fan gestured to him.

Qin Yu understood and gestured to Lu Fan.

Lu Fan nodded and quietly sneaked into the room.

There was a voice not far away. It was a man and a woman. Although the voice was small, it came to Lu Fan's ears clearly.

The first to speak was a man.

"Tomorrow I will go to Wu's house to deliver wine, you can go with me."

"What am I going to do?"

The woman's voice was obviously unhappy.

"You also know that the steward named Wu An has always been interested in you."

The man said: "If we can take the opportunity to win him over, it will be a great help to us. After all, his status is unusual, he can get in touch with many important figures in the Wu family, and he can also get a lot of useful information."

"I dont go."

The woman's attitude was very firm, "I feel disgusted when I see that man, let me please him? It's better to let me die!"

"How can you say such a thing?"

The man was a little displeased, "You have to consider the overall situation, and you have to sacrifice if you have to sacrifice."

"Have I sacrificed less? Hmph!"

The woman snorted coldly and said, "Think about it carefully, which one of those important news was not obtained by me?"

Hearing this, Lu Fan's heart moved, and he seemed a little dissatisfied with what the woman said.

It seems that this woman will be a good breakthrough point in the future interrogation.

Moreover, since this woman has received so many important news, she must know a lot.

If she can pry her mouth open, it will definitely gain a lot.

Maybe you can take the opportunity to dig out a big fish.

"Okay, stop whining."

The man reassured him: "When the Great Wei conquers the capital of the Zhou Kingdom, we will all be meritorious officials. We will enjoy inexhaustible glory and wealth in the future, and we will no longer have to suffer from such uselessness."

"It's useless to talk about these things."

The woman said coldly, "Can I wait until that day?"

"Shh!"

The man scolded: "Don't say such frustrating words, if the people above hear it, do you still want to live?"

"I've had enough of this kind of life."

There was a trace of frustration in the woman's words, "Even if I die now, there is nothing to miss."

"You're not finished, are you?"

The man said angrily, "You're dead. What about your family? Do you want them to die with you?"

The woman was silent.

After a long time, she sighed, "Oh!"

Lu Fan could hear the melancholy and helplessness even if he didn't see the woman.

"You have to follow me tomorrow, do you hear me?"

The man paused for a while, and his voice softened a lot, "You also know how important the Wu family is, especially Wu Lingzhao. She has a marriage contract with Liu Zhi, and she will marry into the Liu family in the future."

"If you can buy people around Wu Lingzhao, or put our people next to Wu Lingzhao, how much credit would that be?"

"Have you ever thought about it, as long as you can accomplish this, maybe you will make it through the day, and maybe the higher-ups will transfer you back to Dawei."

"In the future, you don't have to worry about being scared anymore, and you can still be with your family."

Speaking of this, the man bewitched, "Do you really want to give up such an opportunity?"

(End of this chapter)